Yen‐Chu Lu

430 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 322 citations indexed

About

Yen‐Chu Lu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yen‐Chu Lu has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 322 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yen‐Chu Lu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers). Yen‐Chu Lu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers). Yen‐Chu Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Taiwan. Yen‐Chu Lu's co-authors include Julian G. West, Shih‐Chieh Kao, Kang‐Jie Bian, Xiaowei Chen, David Nemoto, Kwok‐Kong Tony Mong, Bhaswati Ghosh, Chun‐Hung Lin, Rudi Fasan and Ángel A. Martí and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yen‐Chu Lu

13 papers receiving 321 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Photocatalytic hydrofluoroalkylation of alkenes with carboxylic acids

2023 123 citations Kang‐Jie Bian, Yen‐Chu Lu et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yen‐Chu Lu United States	9	276	107	64	35	32	13	322
Dian‐Zhao Lin China	9	362 1.3×	71 0.7×	46 0.7×	22 0.6×	38 1.2×	12	415
Panyi Huang China	13	466 1.7×	134 1.3×	32 0.5×	40 1.1×	23 0.7×	15	495
Florian W. Friese Germany	7	548 2.0×	77 0.7×	59 0.9×	43 1.2×	14 0.4×	7	573
Nathan W. Dow United States	5	344 1.2×	52 0.5×	58 0.9×	19 0.5×	26 0.8×	6	372
Zhonghua Qu China	11	433 1.6×	45 0.4×	33 0.5×	32 0.9×	23 0.7×	13	445
Fuyang Yue China	11	355 1.3×	129 1.2×	45 0.7×	18 0.5×	16 0.5×	16	402
Anne‐Laure Barthelemy France	10	463 1.7×	180 1.7×	61 1.0×	25 0.7×	29 0.9×	15	513
Ranjini Laskar Germany	7	301 1.1×	68 0.6×	37 0.6×	30 0.9×	15 0.5×	11	332
Rehanguli Ruzi China	8	410 1.5×	42 0.4×	44 0.7×	32 0.9×	21 0.7×	9	435
Roman Abrams United Kingdom	8	336 1.2×	48 0.4×	45 0.7×	32 0.9×	10 0.3×	13	356

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13 of 13 papers shown

Lu, Yen‐Chu, et al.. (2025). Photobiocatalytic Enantioselective Benzylic C(sp ³ )–H Acylation Enabled by Thiamine-Dependent Enzymes via Intermolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(21). 17804–17816. 8 indexed citations

Bian, Kang‐Jie, David Nemoto, Ying Chen, et al.. (2025). Anti-Markovnikov hydro- and deuterochlorination of unsaturated hydrocarbons using iron photocatalysis. Nature Synthesis. 4(3). 314–326. 8 indexed citations

Kattamuri, Padmanabha V., Conner V. Wilson, Yen‐Chu Lu, et al.. (2024). Fe/Thiol Cooperative Hydrogen Atom Transfer Olefin Hydrogenation: Mechanistic Insights That Inform Enantioselective Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(25). 17296–17310. 18 indexed citations

Bian, Kang‐Jie, Yen‐Chu Lu, David Nemoto, et al.. (2023). Photocatalytic hydrofluoroalkylation of alkenes with carboxylic acids. Nature Chemistry. 15(12). 1683–1692. 123 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Yen‐Chu, et al.. (2023). Vitamin B12 and hydrogen atom transfer cooperative catalysis as a hydride nucleophile mimic in epoxide ring opening. Cell Reports Physical Science. 4(4). 101372–101372. 6 indexed citations

Lu, Yen‐Chu & Julian G. West. (2022). Chemoselective Decarboxylative Protonation Enabled by Cooperative Earth‐Abundant Element Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 135(3). 7 indexed citations

Lu, Yen‐Chu & Julian G. West. (2022). Chemoselective Decarboxylative Protonation Enabled by Cooperative Earth‐Abundant Element Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(3). e202213055–e202213055. 63 indexed citations

Lu, Yen‐Chu & Julian G. West. (2022). Ring-opening fluorination via C–C bond cleavage: An efficient approach to diverse fluorinated molecules. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100020–100020. 7 indexed citations

Lu, Yen‐Chu, Shih‐Chieh Kao, & Julian G. West. (2022). Decatungstate-photocatalysed C(sp³)–H azidation. Chemical Communications. 58(31). 4869–4872. 13 indexed citations

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Lu, Yen‐Chu & Julian G. West. (2021). C–C Bond Fluorination via Manganese Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 11(20). 12721–12728. 25 indexed citations

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Lu, Yen‐Chu, et al.. (2021). Rapid and scalable synthesis of fluoroketones via cerium-mediated C–C bond cleavage. Chemical Communications. 57(15). 1871–1874. 12 indexed citations

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Lu, Yen‐Chu, et al.. (2018). Diverse Synthesis of Natural Trehalosamines and Synthetic 1,1′‐Disaccharide Aminoglycosides. ChemBioChem. 20(2). 287–294. 14 indexed citations

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Lu, Yen‐Chu, Bhaswati Ghosh, & Kwok‐Kong Tony Mong. (2017). Unusually Stable Picoloyl‐Protected Trimethylsilyl Glycosides for Nonsymmetrical 1,1′‐Glycosylation and Synthesis of 1,1′‐Disaccharides with Diverse Configurations. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(28). 6905–6918. 18 indexed citations

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